Publications

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Wilga, C.A.D, E. Dumont, and L.A. Ferry. accepted, in production. The effect of tessellation on stiffness in the hyoid arch of elasmobranchs. J Morphology. doi 10.1002/jmor.21681

Ferry, L.A. in production. (Invited Contribution) Costs of Foraging: Energetics of prey capture. In: The Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology, 2nd Ed. E. Standen and D Fudge, eds. Elsevier.

Ferry, L.A., and L.P. Hernandez. in production. (Invited Contribution) The Muscles: Bony fish cranial muscles. In: The Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology, 2nd Ed. E. Standen and D Fudge, eds. Elsevier.

Sayer, E.J. and L.A. Ferry. 2023. (Editorial) Demonstrating a significant advance to the field: An essential criterion for publication in Functional Ecology. Functional Ecology 37(12):2980-2983. doi 10.1111/1365-2435.14458.

ArnetteG, S, J. SaffarianU, S. Farina, and L.A. Ferry. 2023. Effect of parabranchial position on ventilatory pressures in the Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi). Zoology 159:126106. doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2023.126106.

Shiffman, D, L. Whitenack, and L.A. Ferry. 2023. Connecting scientists with students using social media in an undergraduate science course. Journal of Educational Technology Systems 51. doi.org/10.1177/00472395231172772.

De Alcaraz-Fossoul, J., Y. Wang, R Liu, M. Mancenido, P.A. Marshall, C. Núñez U, J. Broatch, and L.A. Ferry. 2023. Microbes in fingerprints: A source for dating crime evidence? Forensic Science International - Genetics 65:102883. doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2023.102883.

Ferry, L.A. and A.C. Gibb. 2023. (Invited Commentary) One of these things is not like the others. Proceedings of the National Academy of Scences 120(4):e2212339119. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2212339119.

Ferry, L.A. and T. Higham. 2022. Ecomechanics and the rules of life: A critical conduit between the physical and natural sciences. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac114.

Shiffman, D.S, T.A. Alvarez, C.W. Bangley, R. Boyt, I. Cote, T.S. Daly-Engel, A.C.D. Davis, L C. Gaskins, J. Graham G, R. Graham, S. Johri, C.C Macdonald, E.M. Paig-Tran, A. Roca, G.D. Schwieterman, L.B. Whitenack, T.R. Wiley and L.A. Ferry. 2022. What can professional scientific societies do to improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A case study of the American Elasmobranch Society. Frontiers in Education - STEM Education Section 7:842618 doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.842618.

Whitenack, L., E.W. Paig-Tran, M. Porter, L.A. Ferry. 2022. Shark Biomechanics. In: The Biology of Sharks. J. Carrier, M. Heithaus, K. Yopak, Eds. CRC Press. 840p.

Shiffman, D., Elliott, J., Macdonald G, C., Wester, J., Polidoro, B., Ferry, L. 2022. The next generation of conservation research and policy priorities for threatened and exploited chondrichthyan fishes in the United States: an expert solicitation approach. Conservation Biology. e12629. doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12629.

Marshall, P.A, and L.A. Ferry. 2021. A Novel Approach to Academic Mentoring: Cohort Mentoring with Changing Mentors. The Mentoring Institute.

Higham, T.E., L.A. Ferry, L.Schmitz, D.J. Irchick, S. Starko, P.S.L. Anderson, P.J. Bergmann, H.A. Jamniczky, L.R. Monteiro, D. Navon, J. Messier, E. Carrington, S.C. Farina, K.L. Feilich, L.P. Hernandez, M. Johnson, S.J. Kawano, C.J. Law, S.L. Longo P, C.M. Martin, P.T. Martone, A. Rico-Guevara, S.E. Santana, K.L. Niklas. 2021. Linking ecomechanical models and functional traits to understand phenotypic diversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Ferry, L.A., E.W. Paig-Tran, A.P. Summers, and K.F. Liem†. 2019. Extreme premaxillary protrusion in the king-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis. J Morphology.

Bhate, D, C. Pennick, L.A. Ferry, C. Lee. 2019. Classification and Selection of Cellular Materials in Mechanical Design: Engineering and Biomimetic Approaches 3(1). Designs

Huber, D., C. Wilga, M. Dean, L. Ferry, J. Gardiner, L. Habegger, Y. Papastamatiou, J. Ramsay and L. Whitenack. 2019. Feeding in cartilaginous fishes: An interdisciplinary synthesis. Pages 231-295 In: Feeding in Vertebrates – Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Evolution. V. Bels, ed. Springer Publishing, NY

Fox CW, K. Thompson, A. Knapp A, L.A. Ferry, E.L. Rezende, E, Aime, J, Meyer. 2019. Double‐blind peer review—An experiment. Functional Ecology:1–3.

McNulty, T., D. Bhate, A. Zhang, M.A. Kiser, L.A, Ferry, A. Suder, S. Bhattacharya, and P. Boradkar. 2017. A Framework for the Design of Biomimetic Cellular Materials for Additive Manufacturing. Proceedings of the 28thAnnual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium. 28:2188-2200.

Ezcurra, J.M., C.G. Lowe, H.F. Mollet, L.A. Ferry, M. Murray, and J.B. O’Sullivan. 2017. Biology of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in aquaria. Chapter 1 in: The Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual II: Recent Advances in the Care of Sharks, Rays and their Relatives. M. Smith, D. Warmolts, D. Thoney, R. Hueter, M. Murray, J. Ezcurra, eds. The Ohio Biological Survey.

Wilga, C.A.D, S.E. Diniz, P.R. Steele, J. Sudario-Cook, E.R. Dumont, and L.A. Ferry. 2016. Ontogeny of Feeding Mechanics in Smoothhound Sharks: Morphology and Cartilage Stiffness. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56(3):442-8.

Paig-Tran, E.W., A. Barrios, and L.A. Ferry. 2016. Presence of repeating hyperostotic bone in dorsal pterygiophores of the oarfish, Regalecus russellii. J.Anatomy 229(4):560-567.

Moran, C., L.A. Ferry, and A.C. Gibb. 2016. A fish tail: evolutionary convergence of locomotor morphology in marine and freshwater fishes. Zoology. 119(3):175-181.

Wilga, C.A.D, and L.A. Ferry. 2015. Trophic Morphology and Feeding Biomechanics. Pages 153 - 187 in: The Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes: Structure and Interaction with the Environment. Volume 34A of the Fish Physiology Series. R. Shadwick, A. Farrell, C. Brauner, eds. Elsevier Science.

Ferry, L.A. 2015. Functional Morphology: ‘Point and Shoot’ prey capture in fishes. Current Biology. (25):982-984.

Ferry, L.A., A.C. Gibb, and E.W. Paig-Tran. 2015. Suction, Ram, and Biting: Deviations and limitations to aquatic prey capture. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55(1):97-109.

Gibb, A.C., K.L. Staab, C. Moran, and L.A. Ferry. 2015. The teleost intramandibular joint: a mechanism to exploit prey items unavailable to suction feeders? Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55(1):85-96.

Porter, J., J.P. DeSierra, and L.A. Ferry. 2015. Jaw angle modulation in response to different feeding scenarios in Poecilia sphenops. Journal of the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science. 46(1):23-28.

Lines, G.K., S.A., Blume, and L.A. Ferry. 2015. The effect of food type on prey capture kinematics in the mudminnow, Umbra limi. Journal of the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science. 46(1):1-5.

Ferry, L.A., and D.S. Shiffman. 2014. The value of taxon-focused science: 30 years of elasmobranchs in biological research and outreach. Copeia. 2014(4):743-746.

Boumis, R.J., L.A. Ferry, C.M. Pace, and A.C. Gibb. 2014. Which way is down: Can emergent Gambusia affinis modify their locomotor behavior to facilitate downslope movement? PLOS One. 9(8):1-11.

Mackey,B., K. Vanderploeg and L.A. Ferry. 2014. Prey capture mechanics in the swordtail Xiphophorus helleri. Journal of the Arizona Nevada Academy of Sciences 45(2):59-63.

Moran, C. and L.A. Ferry. 2014. Bite force and feeding kinematics in the eastern North Pacific Kyphosidae. J. Exper. Zoology, Part A.

Konow, N, and L.A. Ferry. 2013. Functional morphology of the Chaetodontidae. Chapter 2 In: The Biology of Butterflyfishes. M.S. Pratchett, M.L. Berumen, and B.G. Kapoor, eds. Sci. Publishers, Inc

Ferry, L.A., A.C. Gibb and N. Konow. 2012. Are kissing gourami specialized for substrate feeding? Prey capture kinematics of Helostoma temminckii and other anabantoid fishes. J. Exper. Zoology, Part A. 317(9):571-9.

Wainwright, P.C., W.L. Smith, S.A. Price, K.L. Tang, J.S. Sparks, L.A. Ferry, K.L. Kuhn, and T.J. Near. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: A phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in Labroidei and beyond. Systematic Biology. 61(6):1001-27.

Pérez-Matus, A., S. Pledger, F.J. Díaz, L.A. Ferry, and J.A. Vásquez. 2012. Plasticity in feeding selectivity and trophic structure of kelp forest associated fishes from northern Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 85:29-48.

Arena, A., L.A. Ferry, and A.G. Gibb. 2012. Prey capture in southwestern native fishes and their introduced predators. J. Exper. Zoology, Part A 317:103-116.

Dean, M., A.P. Summers, and L.A. Ferry. 2012. Chimaeroid fishes ventilate with low pressure drops. J. Morphology 273:461-479.

Staab, K.L., L.A. Ferry, L.P. Hernandez. 2012. Comparative kinematics of cypriniform premaxillary protrusion. Zoology 115:65-77.

Ezcurra, J.M., C.G. Lowe, H.F. Mollet, L.A. Ferry, J.B. O’Sullivan. 2012. Captive Feeding and Growth of Young-of-the-Year White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Chapter 1 in: Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the Great White Shark. M. Domeier, ed. CRC Press.

Ezcurra, J.M., C.G. Lowe, H.F. Mollet, L.A. Ferry, J.B. O’Sullivan. 2012. Routine metabolic rate of young-of-the-year white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) transported to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Chapter 2 in: Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the Great White Shark. M. Domeier, ed. CRC Press.

van Wassenbergh, S., G. Roos, L.A. Ferry. 2011. A biomechanical explanation for the horse-like shape of seahorses. Nature Communications.

Ferry, L.A. 2011 (Invited Contribution). Energetics of Predator-Prey Interactions. Bioenergetics Section in: The Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology. A. Farrell, ed. Elsevier.

Ferry, L.A., and L.P. Hernandez. 2011 (Invited Contribution). Cranial Morphology. Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Function Section in: The Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology. A. Farrell, ed. Elsevier.

Ferry-Graham, L.A. 2010 (Invited Review). Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategies and Steps (by M. Cargill, P O’Connor). Book Review. The Quarterly Review of Biology 85:122-123.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., L.P. Hernandez, A.C. Gibb, and C. Pace. 2010. Unusual kinematics and jaw morphology associated with piscivory in a small poeciliid, Belonesox belizanus. Zoology 113:140-147.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., and N. Konow. 2010. The intramandibular joint in Girella: a mechanism for increased force production? J. Morphology. 271:271-279

Hernandez, L.P., A.C. Gibb, and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2009. Trophic apparatus in cyprinodontiform fishes: functional specializations for picking and scraping behaviors. J. Morphology. 270: 645-661.

B.E. Flammang, L.A. Ferry-Graham, C. Rinewalt, D. Ardizzone, C. Davis, T. Trejo. 2009. Prey capture kinematics and four-bar linkages in the bay pipefish, Syngnathus leptorhynchus. Zoology 112: 86-96.

Gibb A.C., Ferry-Graham, L.A., Hernandez, L.P., Romansco, R., and J. Blanton. 2008. Functional significance of intramandibular bending in Poeciliid fishes. Environ. Biol. Fishes 83: 507-519.

Hernandez, L.P., L.A. Ferry-Graham, and A.C. Gibb. 2008. Morphology of a picky eater: A novel mechanism underlying premaxillary protrusion and retraction within Poeciliidae. Zoology 111: 442-454.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., A.C. Gibb, and L.P. Hernandez. 2008. Premaxillary movements in cyprinodontiform fishes: An unusual protrusion mechanism facilitates “picking” prey capture. Zoology. 111: 455-466.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., and A.C. Gibb. 2008. Physiological Ecology. Pages 1121-1126 in: The Encyclopedia of Ecology. S.E. Jorgensen and B. Fath, eds. Elsevier.

Cortes, E., Y.P. Papastamatiou, J. Carlson, L.A. Ferry-Graham, and B.M. Wetherbee. 2008. An Overview of the Feeding Ecology and Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes. In: Feeding and digestive functions in fishes. J.E.P. Cyrino, D. Bureau and B.G. Kapoor, eds. Science Publishers, Inc.

Van Wassenbergh, S., J.A. Strother, B.E. Flammang, L.A. Ferry-Graham and P. Aerts. 2008. Extremely fast prey capture in pipefish is powered by elastic recoil. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 5:285-296.

A. Pérez-Matus, L.A. Ferry-Graham, J. A. Vásquez, and A. Cea. 2007. Community Structure of temperate reef fishes in kelp dominated subtidal habitats of Northern Chile. Marine and Freshwater Res. 58:1069-1085.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., J.C. Drazen, and V. Franklin. 2007. Laboratory observations of reproduction in deep-water zoarcids (Teleostei). Pacific Sci. 61(1):129-139.

Brainerd, E.L. and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2006. Mechanics of Respiration. Pages 1-29 in: Biomechanics; A Volume of the Fish Physiology Series. R. Shadwick and G. Lauder, eds. Elsevier Science.

Horn, M.H., and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2006. Feeding mechanisms and trophic interactions. Pages 387-410 in: Ecology of California Marine Fishes. L.G. Allen, M.H. Horn, and D.J. Pondella II, eds. Univ. of California Press.

Gibb, A.C., and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2005. Cranial movements during suction feeding in teleost fishes: Are they modified to enhance suction production? Zoology. 108:141-153

Ferry-Graham, L.A., P.C. Wainwright, and G.V. Lauder. 2003. Quantification of flow during suction feeding in bluegill sunfishes. Zoology.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., and P.C Wainwright. 2003. Measuring prey capture performance in fishes. Pages 101-114 in: Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution. V.L. Bels, J.P. Gasc, and A Casinos, eds. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd.

Summers, A.P., and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2003. Aquatic respiration: New models of ventilation in elasmobranchs. Pages 87-99 in: Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution. V.L. Bels, J.P. Gasc, and A Casinos, eds. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd.

R. Svanbäck, P.C. Wainwright, and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2002. Linking cranial kinematics and buccal pressure to suction feeding performance in largemouth bass. Physiol. and Biochem. Zool. 75(6):532-543. 106(2):159-168.

L.A. Ferry-Graham, P.C. Wainwright, M.W. Westneat, and D.R. Bellwood. 2002. Mechanisms of benthic prey capture in labrid fishes. Mar. Biol. 141:819-830

Bolnick, D.I., and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2002. Optimizing prey capture behaviors to maximize expected net benefit. Evol. and Ecol. Research. 2002(4):843-855.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., D.I. Bolnick, and P.C. Wainwright. 2002. Using functional morphology to examine the ecology and evolution of specialization. Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly Am. Zool.) 42(2):265-277.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., and A.C. Gibb. 2001. A comparison of fasting and post-feeding metabolic rates in a sedentary shark Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. Copeia. 101(4):1108-1113.

Wainwright, P.C., L.A. Ferry-Graham, A.M. Carroll, T.B. Waltzek, C.D. Hulsey, and J.R. Grubich. 2001. Evaluating the use of ram and suction during prey capture by cichlid fishes. J. Exp. Biology. 204(17):3039-3051.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., P.C. Wainwright, M.W. Westneat, and D.R. Bellwood. 2001. Modulation of prey capture kinematics in the cheeklined wrasse Oxycheilinus digrammus (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Exp. Zoology. 290(2):88-100.

Summers, A.P., and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2001. Respiratory modes and mechanics of the hedgehog skate, Leucoraja erinacea: testing the continuous flow model. J. Exp. Biology 204(9):1577-1587.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., and G.V. Lauder. 2001. Aquatic prey capture in fishes: A century of progress and new directions. J. Morphology (solicited feature) 248:99-119.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., P.C. Wainwright, C.D. Hulsey, and D.R. Bellwood. 2001. Evolution and mechanics of long jaws in butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidae). J. Morphology 248:120-143.

Ferry-Graham, L.A., P.C. Wainwright, and D.R. Bellwood. 2001. Prey capture in long-jawed butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): the functional basis of novel feeding habits. J. Exp. Marine Biology and Ecology 256:167-184.

Summers, A.P., and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2001. Ventilatory modes of elasmobranchs. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. 40:31-32.

Cailliet, G.M., A.H. Andrews, E.J. Burton, D.L. Watters, D.E. Kline, and L.A. Ferry-Graham. 2001. Age determination and validation studies of marine fishes: do deep-dwellers live longer? Experimental Gerontology (Proceedings of the Sympoisum on Organisms with Slow Aging). 36:739-764.

Ferry-Graham, L.A. 1999. Mechanics of respiration in swellsharks, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. J. Exp. Biology 202(11): 1501-1510.

Ferry-Graham, L., and A.P. Summers. 1999. Ventilation in the small skate, Leucoraja erinacea, as indicated by sonomicrometry. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. 38:97-99.

Ferry-Graham, L.A. 1998. Effects of prey size and mobility on prey capture kinematics in leopard sharks, Triakis semifasciata.J. Exp. Biology 201(16): 2433-2444.

Ferry-Graham, L.A. 1998. Feeding kinematics of hatchling swellsharks, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum: the importance of predator size. Mar. Biol.131(4): 703-718.

Ferry-Graham, L.A. 1997. Feeding kinematics of juvenile swellsharks, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. J. Exp. Biology 200(8):1255-1269.

Ferry, L.A. 1997. Food habits of the two-line eelpout (Bothrocara brunneum:Zoarcidae) at two deep-sea sites in the eastern North Pacific. Deep Sea Res. I. 44(3):521-531.

Ferry, L.A., S.L. Clark, and G.M. Cailliet. 1997. Food habits of the spotted sand bass, Paralabrax maculatofasciatus, in Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico. Bull. So. Cal. Acad. Sci. 96(1):1-

Ferry, L.A., and G.V. Lauder. 1996. Heterocercal tail function in leopard sharks: a three-dimensional kinematic analysis of two models. J. Exp. Biology 199(10):2253-2268.